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BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



not altogether popular. The tatooing of numbers within 

 the ear, by means of a special needle and an indelible fluid, 



is also used to some extent. 

 Hogs and sheep are com- 

 monly identified by notch- 

 es cut in the thinner edge 

 of the ear, although metal 

 tags are also frequently 

 used with these animals. 

 The hoofs of horses are 

 also stenciled with num- 

 bers, especially in case of 



Fig. 150. Branding numbers on the hoof. Z~nnr\*.-t-n4-ir*.- v CJ^*--^.^. 



Photograph by the author. importation. bometimes 



the horns of cattle are 



marked in a similar way. On the ranges, cattle and 

 horses are branded, and sheep are given marks with 

 paint, by which ownership may be identified. Some of our 

 breeds of dairy cattle, especially those of different body 

 colors, are identified by the location of color marks on the 



Fig. 151. Southdown rams at Babraham, England, showing method of marking. 

 Photograph by the author. 



